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Period: 18th Century
La Femme Muse /// Allegorical Symbolism Romantic Old Masters European Drawing
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Unknown (Likely French, 18th Century)
Title: "La Femme Muse"
*No signature found
Circa: 1780
Medium: Original Pastel Drawing on heavy laid paper
Frami...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
Bust Of A Woman In Profile, Sanguine On Paper, Signed And Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas-André COURTOIS
Paris 1734-1806
Bust of a woman in profile
1791
Sanguine
Signed and dated lower left on the original mount
43.5 x 37 cm framed
19 x 25 cm
Category
French School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Framed 18th Century Ink & Wash Drawing - Figures Gathered on a Riverbank
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 18th century ink and wash drawing. Well-presented in a gilt-effect frame with a new card mount. Unsigned. On laid.
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
A Pair of 18th cent Dutch Still Life Watercolors Flowers in a Glass Vase 1797
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Cornelis Johannes de Bruyn (c. 1763- c. 1828)
A lovely pair of 18th century Dutch still life watercolors depicting assorted flowers in a glass vase.
Watercolor on paper
13 5/8 x 9 ...
Category
Dutch School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dancing Couple (recto) Various sketches (verso)
By Hubert Robert
Located in PARIS, FR
Attributed to HUBERT ROBERT (Paris 1733 - 1808)
Dancing couple (recto) Various sketches (verso)
Red chalk and charcoal on the reverse
numbered in pencil “4229”
circa 1770
34 x 21 c...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century
Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk)
27 x 18 cm (45 x 34 cm with frame)
Inscription at bottom “Saint-Aubin de l’Académie de musique”
Dated "1785"
Augustin d'Herbez known as "Saint-Aubin" was a tenor and member of the Royal Academy of Music...
Category
Academic 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Portrait of woman
Located in PARIS, FR
French School of the 18th century
Woman portrait
Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
Pastel: 46.5 x 63 cm (18.3 x 24.8 inches)
Frame: 57 x 71 cm (22.4 x 28 inches)
Very good condition
...
Category
Academic 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
French School (18th Century) Dancing Putti.
Located in Sydney, NSW
French School (18th Century), Dancing Putti.
This gouache on vellum scene of the dancing putti is derived from a drawing by Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis (Italian 1484 -1539) known a...
Category
Rococo 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Vellum
Study of a Hound Dog. Circa 1782. Louis Auguste Brun (Swiss 1758-1815)
Located in Sydney, NSW
Louis Auguste Brun (Swiss 1758-1815), Study of a Hound Dog. Circa 1782.
A skilled draughtsman and an outstanding painter of portraits, animals and landscapes, the Swiss artist Louis-...
Category
Academic 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Study of a Child. Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770)
By François Boucher
Located in Sydney, NSW
Circle of François Boucher (French 1703 - 1770), Study of a Child.
This charming work is probably a study for a painting, it shows a child with a swathe of billowing fabric over her ...
Category
Rococo 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Disegno figurativo inglese neoclassico del XIX secolo a tema storico
Located in Florence, IT
Questo piccolo disegno, che per gli evidenti stilemi neoclassici può essere datato fra la fine del XVIII e gli inizi del XIX secolo, rappresenta la fuga del re Giacomo II Stuart-ulti...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Stage design of Mausoleum. Entourage Galli Bibbiena.
Located in Firenze, IT
The Galli Bibiena Dynasty and European Courts.
The Galli Bibiena family, renowned Italian artists and scenographers, served the most distinguished European courts, including those ...
Category
Baroque 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Judith and Salome, a pair of oil paintings on canvas by Francesco Conti
Located in PARIS, FR
This widely referenced pair of paintings is one of Francesco Conti’s most successful productions. Francesco Conti is one of the finest painters of 18th-century Florence. In the shimmering colors typical of his best work, he represents two opposite characters from the Bible: the virtuous Judith, whose courage saves her people by cutting off the head of the invader Holofernes, and the depraved Salome, who under the influence of her mother becomes responsible for the beheading of the prophet John the Baptist.
The artist's talent lies in his ability to treat these two macabre subjects with a light touch, presenting us with two attractive women who seem to twirl with glee amidst the severed heads...
1. Francesco Conti, the “Florentine Tiepolo”
Francesco Conti is a major painter of the Florentine school of the 18th century; he can even probably be considered, along with Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692-1768), as one of the two main painters of the second quarter of the Florentine 18th century.
Born in Florence in 1682, Francesco Conti began his apprenticeship in the workshop of Simone Pignoni (1611 - 1698), a disciple of Francesco Furini; he was also influenced by the Venetian Sebastiano Ricci. A protégé of Marquis Riccardi, he accompanied him to Rome between 1699 and 1705, where he frequented Carlo Maratta's studio. He settled permanently in Florence in 1705.
Painted exclusively on canvas, the majority of his work consists of religious subjects, altarpieces or private devotional works. It is likely that Conti himself was a devout churchgoer, as evidenced by his affiliation, in the third decade of the eighteenth century, to the Society of the Disciples of Saint-John-the-Baptist, and his entry, at the end of his life, into the fraternity of the Venerable Society of the Holy Trinity.
In Florence, Conti worked for the Grand Duchy's major patrons, including the last Medici - in particular Giangastone and Annamaria Luisa, Electress Palatine - and confirmed his role as a reference painter under the Lorraine Regency, as master of the Public Drawing School, which was closely linked to the institute responsible for the manufacture of semi-precious stone mosaics, then located in the Uffizi complex.
Matteo Marangoni, an art critic of the early 20th century, praised his "brushwork full of elegance and true spirit of the 18th century", pointing out that Conti was "probably one of the best colorists" of the Florentine school of his time. These two characteristics led the art historian Paolo dal Poggetto to nickname him the "Florentine Tiepolo".
2. Judith and Salome, two biblical characters opposing each other
These two paintings form a pair presenting two biblical episodes, which have in common the depiction of a "heroine" carrying the severed head of a man.
While the Salome episode might at first appear to be an echo of the Old Testament story of Judith, each character is the exact opposite of the other. Judith, whose story is told in the Book of Judith, is a beautiful young widow from Bethulia who, accompanied by her maid, went into the camp of the invading Assyrians and won the confidence of Holofernes, the general commanding the enemy army. Invited to a great feast on the fourth evening, she took advantage of Holofernes' drunkenness to cut off his head. “She went up to the bedpost near Holofernes’ head, and took down his sword that hung there. She came close to his bed, took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Give me strength today, O Lord God of Israel!” Then she struck his neck twice with all her might, and cut off his head. Next she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts. Soon afterward she went out and gave Holofernes’ head to her maid, who placed it in her food bag...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French School, 18th Century, Portrait Of A Man Seen From Three Quarters, chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century
Paris, Louis XV-Transition period
Portrait of a man seen from three quarters
Mid-18th century
Sanguine
40 x 29 cm
59 x 50 cm framed
Superb Transition pe...
Category
French School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Jacques Gamelin (1738-1803) Study After Raphaël, 1768, Black Stone White Chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
Jacques GAMELIN
Carcassone 1738-1803
Study after the triton of the Triumph of Galatea by Raphaël
1768
Black stone and light white chalk on blue paper
Signed and dated lower right
41...
Category
French School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Chalk
Portrait of Mrs Sarah Kembel Siddons
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and sanguine on paper, signed and dated '1793' lower right
Image size: 21 x 14 1/2 inches (53.25 x 37 cm)
Framed
Provenance
Collection of Mr and Mrs John Whitehead (England), collection of the Duchess of Rutland (Wales), collection of Mr Michael W. Murphy (El Dorado).
Exhibitions
No.97, 'National Portraits', The South Kensington Museum (V&A), 1868 (label on reverse).
Sarah Siddons was a welsh actress and the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Siddons's first major success came in 1782 with her portrayal of Isabella in the Fatal Marriage, written by David Garrick the leading actor-manager of the period. Siddons continued to dominate the London stage until her farewell in 1812.
Part of a powerful theatrical dynasty, her brothers were the actors Philip and Charles Kemble, her husband was the actor William Siddons and her son, Henry Siddons was also an actor. She was hailed as the chief interpreter of Shakespeare. Her masterpiece was Lady Macbeth as she excelled in roles that allowed her to combine passionate intelligence with pathos. The critic William Hazlitt proclaimed her 'tragedy personified'.
William Hamilton
William Hamilton RA (1751–1801) was an English painter and illustrator. Hamilton was born in Chelsea, London, but travelled and worked in Italy with Antonio Zucchi...
Category
Victorian 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Charcoal
George Edwards: 18th Century Engravings of Birds
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Ritratto a matita del pittore Francesco Albani, inizi del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno rappresenta, come riportato a penna in basso al centro del foglio, il ritratto del celebre pittore dell'Emilia Romagna Francesco Albani, uno dei massimi rappresentanti del...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Disegno matite su carta ritratto di fanciullo con cappellino del XVIII secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno a matita grigia e rossa raffigura un intenso ritratto frontale di un fanciullo con cappello, con le braccia incrociate davanti.
Sul retro, in grafia corsiva, è probabilme...
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Other Art Style 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Disegno figurativo fiammingo ad acquerello del XVIII secolo, scena di genere
Located in Florence, IT
Sullo sfondo di un paesaggio dai tratti centro-settentrionali europei-in cui si riconoscono una cappella e il profilo di una città dagli alti pinnacoli-si svolge una scena di svago, ...
Category
Other Art Style 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cre...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th Century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir and Empress Nur Jahan exchanging lotus blossoms; a symbol of beauty, purity, honesty, rebirth, self-regeneration, and enlightenment....
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir dancing with his harem attendees
Located in Middletown, NY
A joyful scene of lighthearted merriment in the palace of Jangahir Mahal Agra
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light weight cream laid paper, 8 1/4 x 6 inches (2...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir taking tea in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on li...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Rajput School, 17th century Krishna with his beloved, Radha; from Mahabharata
Located in Middletown, NY
Vishnu in the form of Krishna being serenaded with his beloved Radha. An illuminated page from the epic of Mahabharata
circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cream lai...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century – Tiger Hunt
Located in Middletown, NY
An unusual horizontal composition with extensive marginalia.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light weight cream laid paper, 5 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (140 x 298 mm...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th cent – Emperor Jahangir & Empress Nur Jahan on a Tiger Hunt
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful composition depicting Empress Nur Jahan on a tiger hunt, an act of feminism.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on brown laid paper, 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (317 x 210 mm), with a floral-motif border painted in blue and oxblood, the full sheet. With extensive inscriptions in Persian written in black ink on the verso. In good condition with overall toning and minor creasing, all consistent with age. The color is rich and and fresh with bright yellow illumination. In the distance we see the Jahangir Mahal Agra, as well as a sage meditating in his hut. A beautiful composition.
Nur Jahan was fond of hunting and often went on hunting tours with her husband and was known for her boldness in hunting ferocious tigers. She is reported to have slain four tigers with six bullets during one hunt. According to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan this feat, inspired a poet to declaim a spontaneous couplet in her honor: "Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman, In the ranks of men she...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan on a Tiger
Located in Middletown, NY
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on brown laid paper, 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (317 x 210 mm), with a floral-motif border painted in blue and gold, the full sheet. With extensive inscriptions in Persian written in black ink on the verso. In good condition with extraordinary color. We see Empress Nur Jahan making an offering to a sage in his hut, as Emperor Jahangir looks on from a tree stand.
Nur Jahan was fond of hunting and often went on hunting tours with her husband and was known for her boldness in hunting ferocious tigers. She is reported to have slain four tigers with six bullets during one hunt. According to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan this feat, inspired a poet to declaim a spontaneous couplet in her honor: "Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman, In the ranks of men she...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jangahir on a pleasure boat with his harem a
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir depicted with his harem attendees aboard a pleasure cruise, the water filled with lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself.
Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold ...
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Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Mughal School, 17th century – Emperor Jahangir reclining in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire.
Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light...
Category
Rajput 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
La Campagne de Rome - Roman Countryside - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1740ca
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper.
Realized in 1740 ca.
Very good conditions.
Includes passepartout.
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Joshua Gosselin (1739-1813) - 1772 Watercolour, The Wayside Cottage
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 18th century watercolour study depicting figures on a road by a wayside cottage. The colours and style are typical of the period and the piece serves as an excellent example o...
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Ruines Romanes - Roman Ruins - Ink and Watercolor by J. P. Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on paper.
Hand dated.
Conditions: Foxing on the top right of the paper
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Vue de Macerata et de sa Campagne - drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper.
Some foxing, otherwise very good condition.
Titled and dated.
Includes passepartout.
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Gardens of Rome - Ink and Watercolor by J. P. Verdussen - 1742
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on paper realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1742.
Hand dated.
Conditions: five holes on top margin and on the bottom right of the paper. Foxing on the top ...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
La Bataille - The Battle - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1740s
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolor on paper.
Conditions: Two cuts on the centre of the paper. Three holes on centre-right, botton-left and top-left of the paper.
Worn on the top left of the ...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Girl - Ink and Watercolor by J. P. Verdussen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is a china ink drawing realized b Jan Peter Verdussen in the mid-18th Century.
Good condition except for some missing parts in the lower left and right edges.
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
The Gardens in Rome - Drawing by J. P. Verdussen - 1741
Located in Roma, IT
China ink and watercolour on paper.
Hand dated.
Good condition except for some foxing.
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Fine 1700's Italian Old Master Ink & Wash Drawing Roman Allegorical Insubria
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Insubria'
Italian School, 18th century
ink and wash drawing on paper, framed within a light oak wood frame (behind glass)
image size: 10.5 x 7 inches
overall framed: 17 x 13 inches
...
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Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Roman Fresco Interior - Drawing - The Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Fresco Interior is a drawing artwork realized by Anonymous in the early 20th Century
Watercolor and ink drawing on paper.
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork is r...
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Modern 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Attrib. Lady Diana Beauclerk (1734-1808) - Watercolour, Shepherdess with Baby
Located in Corsham, GB
A heartwarming sepia study of a shepherdess comforting her young baby. Well-presented in a contemporary gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Attrib. William Hamilton RA (1751-1801) Watercolour, The Little Fortune Teller
By William Hamilton
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour study depicting a young woman wearing a dress and smock. She points to her left hands showing her palm to the viewer. The artist captures her with a delicate...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
English school, circa 1784 'Mr and Mrs Rogers', pastel on paper, a pair
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A wonderful naive pair of 18th Century portraits of Mr and Mrs Rogers, (A pair).
The details are:
English school, circa 1784
Mr and Mrs Rogers
Pastel on paper
Inscribed with sitter...
Category
English School 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Camel - Drawing by follower of Stefano Della Bella - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Camel is an artwork realized in the 18th Century by an artisti follower of Stefano della Bella.
Pencil Drawing.
The artwork is in good conditions .
The artwork is depicted skill...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Mount Posillipo Near the Tomb of Virgil, Naples, 1779
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jean-Claude-Richard de Saint Non
(French, 1727-1791)
Mount Posillipo Near the Tomb of Virgil, Naples, 1779
Watercolor on paper, 15 x 20 inches
Inscribed on verso: (in pencil) "l ' A...
Category
Realist 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
18th Century Watercolour - Jacob and the Pharaoh
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour interpretation of chapter forty-seven verse seven of Genesis where Joseph presents his father Jacob to the Pharaoh. The artist captures the religious figures o...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Framed 18th Century Watercolour - The Blind Man
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 18th century portrait in watercolours, depicting a blind man seated in an expansive country landscape. The artist delicate brushwork and monochrome pa...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Attrib. Thomas Stothard (1755-1834) - Fine 18th Century Watercolour, In Reeds
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate 18th century sepia watercolour depicting an angelic child praying amongst reeds. Beautifully presented in a period gilt frame with sgraffito decoration. Much of the artist...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Village of Lekkerkerk on the River Lek: a 18th century dutch watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Nicolaes Wicart
(Dutch, 1748-1815)
Village of Lekkerkerk on the River Lek
Watercolor on paper, 8 x 12 inches (sight)
Signed at lower left: "Wicart"
Inscribed in ink on verso: "4 Dorp...
Category
Realist 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Attrib. Thomas Stothard (1755-1834) - Watercolour, The Infant Bacchus with Goats
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate 18th century sepia watercolour depicting The Infant Bacchus with Goats. Beautifully presented in a period gilt frame with sgraffito decoration. Much of the artist's graphi...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Costume drawings for ‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809)
‘Ambassadeur de Siam’ and ‘La Sultana Reine’
Both titled lower centre, the drawing of the ambassador inscribed with colours intended for the prints, e...
Category
Old Masters 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
William Locke (1767-1847) Brown Ink on Paper of General D'Arblay & Friends
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 6 1/2"H x 5 3/4"W
Frame Sz: 9 1/2"H x 10"W
Sold at Sotheby's London July 7, 1983 lot 10.
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Ink
Paull Sandby, R.A. Ink & Wash on Paper of a Chair
By Paul Sandby
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 4 1/4"H x 3 1/2"W
Frame Sz: 8"H x 7"W
Paul Sandby RA (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours, who, along with his older b...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
19th century view of Raglan Castle by English artist David Hall McKewan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
David Hall McKewan
(English, 1817-1873)
Raglan Castle
Watercolor on paper, 9 x 13 inches (sight)
David Hall McKewan studied watercolor painting under David Cox (the elder) and exhib...
Category
Realist 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Attributed to William Henry Pyne (1769-1843) Figure Studies
Located in Bristol, CT
Property from the Estate of Mary S.B. Braga
Art Sz: 8"H x 5 7/8"W
Frame Sz: 13"H x 10 3/4"W
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Paul Sandby, R.A. Study of a Fashionable Lady
By Paul Sandby
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 5"H x 3"W
Frame Sz: 9 3/4"H x 8"
Paul Sandby RA (1731 – 7 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours, who, along with his older brothe...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Captive, Study of a Naked Youth, Red Chalk Study, Carracci Gallery
By Annibale Carracci
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 5 x 8 1/2 inches (12.75 x 21.5 cm)
Mounted
This 18th century drawing is after the work of the 16th Century Italian artist Annibale Carraci. This figure, along with many more, were painted by Carraci in the Palazzo Farnese in a space now known as the Carracci gallery. The Carracci gallery is considered as one of the most important Renaissance commissions in Rome. This figure, along with five other companions, were known as 'The Captives'. They were designed by the artist to appear trapped in the architectural spaces in the walls and sat around the fresco that featured Perseus and Andromeda.
Similarly to the original drawings, this artist has taken considerable care to sculpt his form with light and shadow, gently blending strokes on the smooth-skinned cheek and distinctly denoting the direction of hair strands.
Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style. Together with his cousin Ludovico (1555–1619) and his older brother Agostino (1557–1602)—each an outstanding artist—Annibale set out to transform Italian painting. The Carracci rejected the artificiality of Mannerist painting, championing a return to nature coupled with the study of the great northern Italian painters of the Renaissance, especially Correggio, Titian, and Veronese.
During the 1580s, the Carracci were painting the most radical and innovative pictures in Europe. Annibale not only drew from nature, he created a new, broken brushwork to capture movement and the effects of light on form. His Two Children Teasing a Cat marks a new chapter in the history of genre painting. The revolutionary potential of this new kind of painting would be taken up over a decade later by Caravaggio, who must have seen the Carraccis’ work while traveling from Milan to Rome in 1592.
The Carracci saw themselves as heir to a great artistic tradition, and they consciously situated themselves within the history of northern Italian painting. Annibale and Agostino visited Parma and Venice to study the work of Correggio, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. Their altarpieces and secular fresco cycles in Bologna reasserted a northern Italian emphasis on color, light, and the study of nature, but with a new focus on emotive communication. Their success led to Annibale being invited to Rome to work for the powerful Farnese family (1595). Ludovico remained in Bologna to direct the academy they founded. Through the next generation of painters—Francesco Albani, Domenichino, Guido Reni, Giovanni Lanfranco, and Guercino—Bolognese painting became the dominant force in seventeenth-century art.
In Rome, Annibale’s painting was transformed through his first-hand encounter with classical antiquity and the art of Michelangelo and Raphael. Individual scenes of ancient mythology are surrounded by an elaborate illusionistic framework with feigned statues, in front of which sit muscular nude figures seemingly lit from the actual windows (Galleria Farnese ceiling). The corners are opened to painted views of the sky. When unveiled in 1600, the ceiling was instantly acclaimed as the equal of any work in the past. In combining northern Italian naturalism with the idealism of Roman painting, Annibale created the basis of Baroque art. His only challenger in Rome was Caravaggio, whose relation with the past was combative rather than assimilative. Moreover, Caravaggio’s art...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Paper
The Captive, Study of a Naked Man, Red Chalk Study, Carracci Gallery
By Annibale Carracci
Located in London, GB
Red chalk on paper
Image size: 11 x 5 1/2 inches (28 x 14 cm)
Mounted
This 18th century drawing is after the work of the 16th Century Italian artist Annibale Carraci. This figure, along with many more, were painted by Carraci in the Palazzo Farnese in a space now known as the Carracci gallery. The Carracci gallery is considered as one of the most important Renaissance commissions in Rome. This figure, along with five other companions, were known as 'The Captives'. They were designed by the artist to appear trapped in the architectural spaces in the walls and sat around the fresco that featured Perseus and Andromeda.
Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (1560–1609) was the most admired painter of his time and the vital force in the creation of Baroque style. Together with his cousin Ludovico (1555–1619) and his older brother Agostino (1557–1602)—each an outstanding artist—Annibale set out to transform Italian painting. The Carracci rejected the artificiality of Mannerist painting, championing a return to nature coupled with the study of the great northern Italian painters of the Renaissance, especially Correggio, Titian, and Veronese.During the 1580s, the Carracci were painting the most radical and innovative pictures in Europe. Annibale not only drew from nature, he created a new, broken brushwork to capture movement and the effects of light on form. His Two Children Teasing a Cat marks a new chapter in the history of genre painting.
The revolutionary potential of this new kind of painting would be taken up over a decade later by Caravaggio, who must have seen the Carraccis’ work while traveling from Milan to Rome in 1592.The Carracci saw themselves as heir to a great artistic tradition, and they consciously situated themselves within the history of northern Italian painting. Annibale and Agostino visited Parma and Venice to study the work of Correggio, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese. Their altarpieces and secular fresco cycles in Bologna reasserted a northern Italian emphasis on color, light, and the study of nature, but with a new focus on emotive communication. Their success led to Annibale being invited to Rome to work for the powerful Farnese family (1595). Ludovico remained in Bologna to direct the academy they founded. Through the next generation of painters—Francesco Albani, Domenichino, Guido Reni, Giovanni Lanfranco, and Guercino—Bolognese painting became the dominant force in seventeenth-century art.
In Rome, Annibale’s painting was transformed through his first-hand encounter with classical antiquity and the art of Michelangelo and Raphael. Individual scenes of ancient mythology are surrounded by an elaborate illusionistic framework with feigned statues, in front of which sit muscular nude figures seemingly lit from the actual windows (Galleria Farnese ceiling). The corners are opened to painted views of the sky. When unveiled in 1600, the ceiling was instantly acclaimed as the equal of any work in the past. In combining northern Italian naturalism with the idealism of Roman painting, Annibale created the basis of Baroque art. His only challenger in Rome was Caravaggio, whose relation with the past was combative rather than assimilative. Moreover, Caravaggio’s art...
Category
Renaissance 18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Paper
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